Thanks, Suvayu.  I'll bet somebody on this list could knock out 400 lines of elisp code that would do the trick, but I'm happy to punt on it.  It isn't that important a feature.

-- Mike



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>From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
>To: Michael Hannon <jm_hannon@yahoo.com>
>Cc: Org-Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [O] Underline ONLY the first character of a word?
>
>On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Michael Hannon <jm_hannon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I haven't been able to find a way to underline just the first character of a
>> word.  For instance,
>>
>>     _e_vent
>>
>> doesn't produce what I want.  I tried:
>>
>>     _e_ vent
>>
>> and that underlined the 'e' but, of course, left an unwanted space.
>>
>> Is there some way to do this?  A better way?
>>
>
>I don't believe you can.
>
>-- 
>Suvayu
>
>Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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